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David Carey

I've come across a sign used to guide VIPs during the Apollo 11 launch.

There are no signatures but it is otherwise the same as that sold in the May 2013 RR Space auction.

Does anyone know how many such signs were made/used or by chance have a photo showing this signage on Apollo 11's launch day?

I'm on the fence for adding selected, Apollo 11-pertinent, signatures at the upcoming Astronaut Scholarship Foundation's Astronaut Autograph and Memorabilia Show. Any thoughts on whether this would enhance or detract?

Rocketman!

My personal bias is toward leaving historical vintage items as unchanged from their original condition as possible. So, in my opinion, having this item signed would detract from its authenticity.

If, on the other hand, an item such as this were to have been signed on the day of the launch by, say, some of the guests in attendance, then it would enhance its interest and value. The "energy" of the moment, if you will, would be represented by the vintage signatures.

ea757grrl

Don't get it signed. The story it tells in its current state is eloquent enough.

Robert Pearlman

As an alternate to having it signed, you could mount it on a matte, or a backdrop photo or even perhaps something like a piece of vinyl siding (to make it look like the sign is attached to the side of a building) and then have that border signed.

If you can find a photo of the sign as it was used on the day of the Apollo 11 launch, you could recreate its setting, which would result in a unique display that enhances and preserves the original sign.

MCroft04

While this is a nice artifact, it is never going to be a center piece at a museum. I'd get it signed in a heartbeat.

Ken Havekotte

So there is a second "Apollo 11 Guest Center" sign "out there," as mine is not the only one.

It had been acquired from a scrap yard of KSC-NASA government surplus signs no longer in use or needed by the Kennedy Space Center.